Utensil incorporating a writing implement and cigarette holder



Jan. 27, 1959 GOSSLER I 2,870,771

UTENSIL INCORPORATING A WRITING IMPLEMENT AND CIGARETTE HOLDER FiledOct. 26, 1956 INVENTOR. HE/A/Z 600M! 5/? Unite Stats UTENSILINCORPORATING A WRITING IMPLE- MENT AND CIGARETTE HOLDER Heinz Gossler,Heidelberg, Germany Application October 26, 1956, Serial No. 618,528Claims priority, application Germany October 27, 1955 4 Claims. (Cl.131-178) This invention relates to a combination writing implement andsmokers holder for cigarettes and like articles.

It has already been proposed to combine a writing implement with aholder for smokers articles wherein the mouthpiece of the cigaretteholder contains in its hollow bore a writing implement in the form of aballpoint pen, fountain pen or the like, said mouthpiece also forming aclosure cap over the writing implement when the latter is not in use andbecoming a part of the cigarette holder having a sleeve-shaped end forthe insertion of the cigarette. If the writing implement is to be used,then the mouthpiece is connected with its end over the sleeve-shaped endof the writing implement and forms a prolongation of the writingimplement.

The body or barrel containing the writing implement proper is equippedwith guide channelsserving for the passage of smoke, whereby in thefront end near the tip of the writing impleme'nt small holes areprovided which permit the how of cigarette smoke therethrough.

The present invention distinguishes from the known combination writingimplement and smokers holder for cigarettes in that it proposes theemployment of filter means for the cigarette smoke as well as ejectormeans for the cigarette butt.

It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide meansfacilitating the rapid conversion of a cigarette holder to a writingimplement and conversely a speedy change of the writing implement to acigarette holder.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide meansfacilitating the accommodation of useful articles, such as a ballpointpen, in the bore of a hollow member, such as a barrel, which formssimultaneously a receptacle for a filter without interfering with theefliciency of a cigarette holder.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide means.afiording the combination with the barrel of the ballpoint pen and aprotection for the filter housed therein and simultaneously facilitatingthe ejection of the cigarette butt when used as a cigarette holder.

It is further an object of the present invention to provide meansenvisaging the employment of a Writing implement which is provided withgrooves which, in turn, when the writing implement is in assembledcondition with said barrel, establish with the inner wall thereofpassageways for the smoke to travel therethrough when the writingimplement is converted into a cigarette holder.

These and other objects of the invention will become further apparentfrom the following detailed description, reference being made to theaccompanying drawing showing preferred embodiments of the invention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a utensil embodying the invention and showing in section awriting implement with filter and ejector together with a mouthpiece fora cigarette holder.

Fig. 2 illustrates a utensil in somewhat modified form,

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Patented Jan. 27, 1959 2 shown in section, with filter, ejector andmouthpiece in different position.

Fig. 3 is a section of a utensil in further modified form.

.Fig. 4 is a side view of the writing implement showing a groove in aside thereof.

The combination smoking and writing implement hereinafter explained ingreater detail may be manufactured from various materials, such as wood,resinous material, ivory, meerschaum, metal and the like, and thesevarious materials can also be combined with each other to make up theaforesaid combination implement.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, there is shown in Fig. 1a combination writing implement and holder for smokers articles made inaccordance with the present invention. Such utensil 20 consistsprincipally of a barrel 1 having internal threads at 4 and 4a. Thesethreads may be used for the connection with a writing implement, such asa ballpoint pen 2, the forward end 2a of which has external screwthreads to engage the screw threads 4 or 4a as desired.

According to Fig. 1, the writing implement 2, 2a is engaged with thethreads 4a of the barrel 1 and this writing implement has adjacent itsconical part at the forward end grooves 3, which, when the forward end2a is threadedly engaged with the barrel 1, provide channels or passagemeans, which permit air or smoke to pass therethroug'n into the interiorof the barrel 1. The Writing implement 2 has a cartridge 2b which issmaller than the inner diameter of the barrel 1, so that a ring-shapedspace/1a is created within the barrel when the writing implement 2 isfixed therein.

Rearwardly of writing implement 2 and within barrel 1 there ispositioned a filter cartridge 6 which may be held in position in anyappropriate manner. I

The outer end portion 1b of barrel 1 is somewhat reduced in diameter andshaped to frictionally receive thereon part 5 of an ejector device 21.This ejector device consists of the upper part 5 from which'extends atube 7 communicating with the hollow upper part 5. Tube '7 is surroundedby a coil spring 8, which is seated at one end on a shoulder 5a of part5 and is seated at its other end against a partition 10 provided withinejector sleeve 9. Tube 7 is slidable through an opening in partition i0and carries a disk 11 which is either threaded on or in any wayconnected with the outermost end of tube I 7. It .thus becomes apparentthat upon sliding move ment of ejector sleeve 9 in the. direction ofarrow A a cigarette butt seated within holder 9a will be readily pushedoutwardly by means of disk member 11 whereby partition 10 compressescoil spring 8 during such movement.

there is seated a mouthpiece 12 which frictionally engages the outersurface of barrel 1. The mouthpiece 12 has the channels 12a and 125, thelatter being sufficiently wide to receive the forward end 2a of theimplement and to establish communication through the passageways 3. 1

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 2, there is shown inlongitudinal section the ejector device 21 here tofore described ingreater detail, which in this particular of the ejector device 21.

Over the forward part 2a of the writing implement 2,

pen and thenlplaced in engagementwvithsleeve 9 and over holder 9a, inthe embodiment show-n in Fig. 2,.the stationarymember 5, when theutensil-Silis not to be used as a cigarette holder as -shown, may bereadily withdrawn from tie forward end of the writing implement 2 andmay then'be capped over the mouthpieeeiS so as to provide a prolongationo'f'barrel 13.

Thus the utensil may be used either in the-position of writing or in theposition of working as a cigarette holder containing a filter cartridgeas well as a ballpoint pen reservoir and an ejector device'for thecigarette butt.

According to Fig. 3, the mouthpiece 15c is screwed at 16 internally toone end of barrel 13 and contains filter cartridge 6 which extends fromthe mouthpiece 150 into the barrel 13w- Within barrel 130 there isarranged a writing implement 2 having the reservoir 2g and the forwardend 2h provided with openings 14. In this particular embodiment only thestationary hollow member 17 is placed over the forward end 2]: forfrictional engagement with the outer surface of the barrel 13c. Thisinstrument may be readily used as a cigarette holder whereby thecigarette is placed with one of its ends in holder sleeve 9b. Thestationary hollow member 17 is further provided with a partition 17a forthe connection with a knownejector device (not shown).

It will be readily seen from the foregoing disclosure that the newcombination writing implement and cigarette holder may receive a filtercartridge which is readily exchangeable or replaceable, as it is onlynecessary to unscrew the mouthpiece or the ejector device at 16 or 1b toremove the used cartridge.

Likewise the refill or reservoir 2b, 2d or 2 may be readily replaced byunscrewing the forward part of the ballpoint pen from the respectivebarrel. This forward end as pointed out hereinabove possesses one ormore longitudinal grooves which, when the ballpoint pen with reservoiris connected with the resepctive barrel end, provide passageways fromthe front end of the barrel into the interior thereof. The mouthpiece asaforesaid may be either screwed to the other end of the barrel or placedin frictional engagement with the barrel, and over the forward end ofthe writingimplement or may be frictionally connected with the ejectordevice as hereinabove explained. The ejector device may also be placedeither over the 'forward end of the ballpoint pen or over themouthpieceof-the cigarette holder to thereby convert the instrumenteither into a writing implement with prolonged barrel portion or to acigarette holder with ejector and filtering means seated in said barrel.

It can thus be seen that there has beenprovided according to theinvention a utensil which is characterized by a hollow member forming abarrel with two ends, at least one of said ends of saidbarrel beingprovidedwith inner threads, 21 writing implement including a forwardpart and a reservoir with a rearward end, said forward part beingprovided with threads for engagement with the threads of said one end ofsaid barrel, a mouthpiece having an opening for frictionally engagingsaid barrel over said forward part ,of said implement-in one position ofsaid mouthpiece, filtering means within said barrel between the otherend thereof and the rearward end of said reservoir, ejector meansprovided with a stationaryghob iow member adapted to be capped over theother end of said'barrel.

Thestationary member has a tubular extension and an ejector sleeveslidable-relative tosaid stationary member, said'ejector sleeve beingsupported by a coil spring surrounding a tubular extension and seatedwith one end on said stationary member, and a partition in said ejectorsleeve against which the other end of said coil spring abuts. Theopening of said mouthpiece is dimensioned to be engaged with and placedover said ejector sleeve for frictional engagement therewith in anotherposition; said forward part of said writing implement is provided withlongitudinal grooves extending substantially parallel to the axis ofsaid reservoir. The reservoir is reduced in diameter relative 'to thehollow barrel to permit passage of smoke from said ejector devicethrough said filtering means and said barrel past said writing implementin said one position of said mouthpiece.

Various changes and modifications may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the present invention and itis intended that suchobvious changes and modifications be embraced by the annexed claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be'secured byLetters Patent. is:

l.. A utensil of the character described comprising a hollow memberforming a barrel with two ends, :both. said ends being provided withinner threads, a writing implement having a rearwardlpart and a forwardpart, said forward part being provided with threads for engagement withthe threads of one of the ends of said barrel, a mouthpiece providedwith threads for engagement with the threadsof the other end of saidbarrel, filtering means withinsaid barrel between said other end thereofand the rearward end of said writing implement, ejector means providedwith a stationary, hollow member having a tubular extension, an ejectorsleeve slidable relative .to said stationary member, said ejector sleevebeing supported by a coil spring surrounding said tubular extension andseated with one end on said stationary member, and a partition in saidejector sleeve against which the other end of said coil spring abuts,said stationary member being adapted to be placed over said forward partof said writing implement for frictional engagement with said one end ofsaid barrel in one position and over said mouthpiece for frictionalengagement with the other end of said barrel in another position, saidforward part of said writing implement being provided with longitudinalperipheral grooves, which when said forward part is threadedly engagedwith said one end'of said barrel form passageways with the latterfor-guiding smoke passing from a cigarette placed in said ejector meansthrough said filtering means,

past rearward part of said writing implement into said mouthpiece.

2. A utensil of the character described comprising a hollowmemberforming a barrel. with two ends, atleast oneof said ends .of said barrelbeing provided with inner threads, a writing implement including aforward part and a reservoir with a rearward end, said forward partbeing provided with threads for engagement with the threads of 'saidoneend of said barrel, amouthpiece having an opening forfrictionally'engaging said barrel over said forward part of saidimplement in one position of said mouthpiece, filtering means withinsaid barrel bet'weenthe' other end thereof and the rearward end of saidreservoir, ejector-means provided with a stationary, h0llow memberadapted to be capped over the other end of said barrel, saidistationarymember having a tubular extiallyparallel to the axis of said'reservoir,saidireservoir being-reduced in diameter relative to the hollowbarrel-ate .permit passageof smoke from said ejector device through saidfiltering means and said barrel past said writing implement in said oneposition of said mouthpiece.

3. A utensil of the character described comprising a hollow barrelforming member terminating in two ends provided with threads, a writingimplement with a forward part and with a reservoir terminating in arearward end, said forward part being provided with threads forengagement with the threads of said one end of said barrel, a mouthpieceprovided with a threaded end for engaging said other end of said barrel,filtering means within said barrel between the rearward end of saidreservoir and said threaded end of said mouthpiece, ejector meansprovided with a stationary hollow member adapted to be capped over theone end of said barrel at said forward part of said implement, saidstationary member having a tubular extension, an ejector sleeve slidablerelative to said stationary member, said ejector sleeve being supportedby a coil spring surrounding said tubular extension and seated with oneend on said stationary member, a partition in said ejector sleeveagainst which the other end of said coil spring abuts, and means toretain said ejector sleeve on said stationary member, the opening ofsaid ejector sleeve being dimensioned to be engaged with and placed oversaid mouthpiece for frictional engagement therewith, said forward partof said writing implement being provided with longitudinal groovesextending substantially parallel to the axis of said reservoir, saidreservoir being reduced in diameter relative to the hollow barrel topermit passage of smoke from a cigarette when placed in said ejectordevice through said filtering means and said grooves to said mouthpiece.

4. A utensil of the character described comprising a hollow barrelforming member having a threaded end, a writing implement threadedlysecured to said threaded end, said writing implement having a reservoirextending into said member and being spaced from the inner walls of thehollow member to form an annular space, a mouthpiece detachably engagedwith said member, filtering means, at least a portion of said filteringmeans being disa cigarette when placed in said ejector device throughsaid filtering device to said mouthpiece.

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